The chronicle of a family thriving in the middle of a nightmare. You'll laugh a lot more than you expect. Promise.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

It just keeps getting better

Not quite on the same scale but still frikkin' awesome.................

Shimmy slept 7 hours straight last night!!!!

That meant that Jaime did too!

Mommy on duty had to get up at midnight and 4am to deliver meds but I'll take it!

It's a good day, a good day.

We're off to meet Jaime at her place of work when the little man wakes up from his morning nap. Got to show the little miracle man off.

Please please please let this be a long climb on this crazy roller coaster with no big dips in sight. AND thank you thank you thank you for all the sweetness as of late.

Two months till he's one year old!! That's crazy. We're thinking just a big old gathering in a park with some grills going and lots and lots of love. Stay tuned- an open invitation will most likely be posted here.

2 comments:

I think we need 2 birthday celebrations. One for you on his real birthday and the second for all of us who are coming in later for the Passover seder. Can't wait!! SolR and I are leaving fr a short holiday tomorrow at 6 am (our time) so we need some more news before we leave. See you all April 18 - 21Love, Aunt Ellie

About Us

Team Shimmy was started the day our baby, Simon (aka Shimmy), became suddenly ill (8/1/08) with a rare heart condition called Cardiomyopathy. That day, friends and family rallied around us to form Team Shimmy. This team, which has grown to include new friends and strangers from all corners of the world, has sustained us with love, food, kind words and listening ears.
We spent 4 tumultuous months in the ICU at Children's Hospital Oakland. Simon has been steadily improving since that day. He was fed through a tube in his belly (a Mic-key) until December 2013, was diagnosed on the autism spectrum, receives various types of therapies and is still on meds. Oh, and he's the happiest, most engaging kid we've ever seen. Jaime (Mama) works in public health and Laura (Mommy), a former school social worker, stays home to take care of Simon (and to take him to his MANY appointments). To see a 10-min documentary about our family, go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGh8dFp2oqk.
This blog is a chronicle of our experience thriving in the middle of a nightmare. You'll laugh a lot more than you expect. Promise.
Contact us at lafitch@gmail.com or jaimejenett@gmail.com